SOME (So Others Might Eat) Preserves Much Needed Affordable Housing in Logan Circle
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Thursday, October 7, 2021
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"No effort to reduce homelessness can be successful in the long term without increased resources for affordable housing," said Ralph Boyd, President and CEO of SOME.
Key Points:
- "No effort to reduce homelessness can be successful in the long term without increased resources for affordable housing," said Ralph Boyd, President and CEO of SOME.
- "At SOME, we believe that affordable housing and supportive programs improve the economic status of residents, revitalize neighborhoods and stabilize lives.
- SOME opened its first transitional housing program in 1986, its first long-term affordable housing program in 1989 and now operates 1,100 units of supportive-service, affordable housing for families and single adults experiencing homelessness and poverty.
- In 2005, recognizing the great need in DC for the creation of affordable housing SOME launched its Affordable Housing Development Initiative with a goal of creating 1,000 new units of housing.